Columbia scientists have captured the first images of a new gene editing tool ... certain gene modifications than the original CRISPR-Cas system that is widely in use. The new tool could also ...

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Zinc finger nucleases, transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALENs) and clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-associated (Cas) nucleases are efficient ...

The gene-editing technology known as CRISPR has led to revolutionary changes in agriculture, health research and more. In research published in Nature Catalysis, scientists at Florida State University ...

Every living creature on Earth needs to protect itself from things that would do it harm. Bacteria are no different. And ...

Researchers have uncovered a serious side effect of using the CRISPR-Cas gene scissors. A molecule designed to make the process more efficient destroys parts of the genome. Genome editing with ...

Today, researchers are not only working to understand how to better harness the CRISPR-Cas mechanism for more powerful gene editing, but also how to leverage these technologies for biotechnological ...

Owen T. Tuck, a graduate student in Jennifer Doudna’s lab at the University of California. Owen T. Tuck, a graduate student in Jennifer Doudna’s lab at the University of California, Berkeley ...